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During a visit to Mongolia this month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the country as "an oasis of democracy." Mongolia, sandwiched between powerful autocratic neighbors Russia and China, underwent democratic transition in 1990 when it broke away from Soviet rule, and has since held several elections characterized by the Asia Foundation as "reasonably free and fair." The next exercise in democracy will be the parliamentary election Wednesday.

New York, October 10, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the criminal libel charges filed against Khadija Ismayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist in Azerbaijan, and calls on authorities to drop the charges immediately.

New
York, May 15, 2014--The eight-year prison term given today to a journalist in
Azerbaijan is a breach of the country's declared commitments to press freedom,
the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Parviz Hashimli is the editor
of the independent news website Moderator
and a reporter for the independent newspaper Bizim Yol.

New
York, February 21, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists is
gravely concerned by the official harassment of investigative journalist
Khadija Ismayilova, who is being criminally investigated in Baku in apparent
retaliation for her reporting on government corruption. Ismayilova works for
the Azerbaijani service of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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New
York, September 19, 2013--Authorities in Azerbaijan must immediately release a
journalist who was arrested on Tuesday on fabricated charges and ordered
detained for two months, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The press in Azerbaijan must be allowed to
freely cover the country's next presidential vote, scheduled for October 9, if
it is to be legitimate, CPJ said.